Timeline for What should a physics undergrad aspiring to be a string theorist learn before grad school?
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| Oct 12, 2013 at 16:41 | comment | added | Self-Made Man | how much mathematics should one know to study string theory @ChrisGerig | |
| Sep 10, 2012 at 12:24 | vote | accept | CommunityBot | ||
| Sep 6, 2012 at 1:02 | comment | added | Chris Gerig | The point is to just envelop yourself with this mathematical way of thinking. At some point all of this math will become relevant. You will tweak your needs when you start reading papers and seeing gaps in your understanding. | |
| Sep 5, 2012 at 22:20 | comment | added | wsc | I have to second this. Learn GR inside and out, and not even because you want to be a string theorist, but because it's beautiful. Also, I don't know why GR isn't a standard undergraduate topic, but "graduate" GR as I've seen it taught is something a motivated undergrad could master in a few weeks. | |
| Sep 5, 2012 at 21:53 | comment | added | user7757 | Nice answer. I have done done bits of Nakahara and Naber. Which parts of the book do you think are important? | |
| Sep 5, 2012 at 20:54 | history | answered | Chris Gerig | CC BY-SA 3.0 |